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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in blended learning are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these massive open online courses? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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