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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Arizona State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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