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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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