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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better understand these new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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