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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic education technology are empowering humans all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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