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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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