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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online education are empowering people all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 Georgetown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better understand these open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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