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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these significant new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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