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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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