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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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