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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education have made it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? 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 organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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