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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning enable students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Colombia to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to understand these promising new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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