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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in blended learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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