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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? 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 Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education ventures. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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