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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning are empowering students in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach 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 organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education