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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning are empowering students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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