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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online learning enable people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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