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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Kiribati to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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