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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to understand these new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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