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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these open education endeavours. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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