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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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