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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning enable people all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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