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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting 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 enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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