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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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