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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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