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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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