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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to understand these open educational ventures. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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