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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning have empowered students all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants assure that teachers 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 different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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