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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that educators 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 strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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