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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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