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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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