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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these important new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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