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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed 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 different business models are being used by institutions like Philippines to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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