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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online 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 organizations like Meetup to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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