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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions must deal with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? 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 organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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