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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning are empowering students all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education undertakings. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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