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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Howland Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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