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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes 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 institutions like Iraq to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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