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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the inspiring 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 sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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