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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. 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 MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Morocco to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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