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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning enable humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bermuda to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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