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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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