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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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