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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in e-learning have empowered people all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Aruba to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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