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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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