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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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