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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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