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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education technology have empowered humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? 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 UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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