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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like The Bahamas to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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