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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning technology make it possible for students in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners guarantee that teachers 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 strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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