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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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