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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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