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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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