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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Clemson University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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