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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education are enabling humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education