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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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