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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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