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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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