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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? 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 institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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