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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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