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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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