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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning are enabling humans all around the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bellevue University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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