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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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