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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in technology-enhanced learning have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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