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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning have empowered people all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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