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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ecotech Institute to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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