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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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