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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take courses 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. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? 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 institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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