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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online 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 institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better understand these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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