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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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