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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology are empowering learners all around the world to take part in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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