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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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