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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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