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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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