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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are struggling with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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