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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning enable learners all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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