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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning enable students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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