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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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