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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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