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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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