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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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