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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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