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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively 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 WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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