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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Marshall Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This sensational new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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