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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning have made it possible for students all around the world to take online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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