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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like North Seattle Community College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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