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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Michigan to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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