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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? 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 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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