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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? 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 Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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