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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? 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 University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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