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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in online courses. 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 online MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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