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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners assure that teachers 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 different business strategies are being used by institutions like Broward College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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