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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning make it possible for people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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