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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in blended learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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