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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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