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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning enable people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? 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 Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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