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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? 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 organizations like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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