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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning enable people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Seattle Central Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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