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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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