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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Educators want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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