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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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