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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in blended learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? 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 institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Universities want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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