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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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