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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning have empowered learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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