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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes 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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