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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic educational technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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