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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in elearning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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