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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education are empowering learners all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also examines 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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