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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology are empowering learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 Denmark to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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