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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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