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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions manage low motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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