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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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