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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these significant new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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