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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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