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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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