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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these compelling new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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