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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts 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 resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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