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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Christmas Island to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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