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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. 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. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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