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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in blended learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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