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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Italy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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