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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education technology enable students in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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