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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? 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 California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these important new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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