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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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