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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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