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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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