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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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