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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the key 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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