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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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