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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in blended learning enable students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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