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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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