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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these significant new open education undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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