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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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