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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education technology make it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily 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 several topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? 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 Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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