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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning have enabled students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Chad to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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