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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in blended learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? 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 Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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