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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning have made it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants assure 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 strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open education undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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