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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Aruba to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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