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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Italy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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