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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are empowering students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Italy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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