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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in digital education technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? 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 organizations like Afghanistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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