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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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