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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education make it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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