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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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