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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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