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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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