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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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