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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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