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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning enable students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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