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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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