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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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