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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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