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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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