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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? 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 organizations like Christmas Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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