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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? 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 institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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