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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Djibouti to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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