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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology make it possible for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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