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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Vietnam to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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