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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are empowering students in nations all aver the world to take online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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