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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education technology have empowered students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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