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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Argentina to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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