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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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