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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education have enabled people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to understand these new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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