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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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