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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in electronic education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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