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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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