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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning are enabling learners all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online 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 Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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