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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning enable learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better comprehend these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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