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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic educational technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that teachers 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 strategies are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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