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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? 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 Broward College to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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