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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that teachers 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 different business strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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