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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online education have enabled people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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