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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? 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 institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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