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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education make it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Helena to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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