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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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