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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Guyana to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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