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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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