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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in blended learning enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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