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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these open educational endeavours. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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