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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning enable students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Slovenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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