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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in blended learning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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