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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in blended learning are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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