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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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