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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology enable people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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