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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers 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 Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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