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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the most important 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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