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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising 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 classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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