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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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