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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in blended learning are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Indonesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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