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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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