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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these exciting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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