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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC 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 Jordan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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