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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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