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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are considering today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers 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 organizations like State University of New York to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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