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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning enable people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? 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 Excelsior College to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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