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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers 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 models are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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