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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning enable humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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