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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? 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 organizations like Aland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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