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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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