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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in e-learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education ventures. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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