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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning enable students all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Vatican City to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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