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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? 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 Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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