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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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