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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johnston Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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