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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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