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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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