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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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