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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Renton Technical College to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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