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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Moldova to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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