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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education are making it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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