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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open education undertakings. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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