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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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