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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take courses 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 online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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