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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic education technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to understand these open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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