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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning are enabling people all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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