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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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