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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic educational technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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