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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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