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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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