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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning have made it possible for students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? 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 Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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