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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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