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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning enable students all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Vatican City to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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