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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning enable humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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