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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are struggling with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? 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 organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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