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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Bellevue University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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