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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured 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 different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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