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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in blended learning technology enable learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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