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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also reviews 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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