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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning are empowering learners all over the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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