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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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