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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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