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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning are making it possible for students all over the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to understand these significant new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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