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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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