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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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