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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? 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 Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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