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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning technology make it possible for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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