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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students certify that teachers 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 business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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