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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology enable humans in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also explores 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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