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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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