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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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