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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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