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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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