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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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