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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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