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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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