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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? 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 organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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