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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in blended learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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