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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these new open educational endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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