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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in elearning have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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