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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology enable people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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