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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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