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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in digital education technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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