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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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