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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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