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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Mayotte to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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