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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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