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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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