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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Central African Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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