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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in elearning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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