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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Aruba to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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