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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in blended learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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