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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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