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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers 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 strategies are being used by institutions like Slovakia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these new open education undertakings. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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