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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? 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 institutions like Ukraine to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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