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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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