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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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