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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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