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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better understand these significant new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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