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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online education technology enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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