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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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