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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This gripping new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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