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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mongolia to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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