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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? 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 California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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