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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning enable humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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