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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online education are enabling students in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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