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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach 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 organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open education undertakings. People want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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