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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online learning have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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