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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better grasp these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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