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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? 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 Christmas Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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