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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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