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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Italy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also explores the major 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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