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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education ventures. Researchers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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