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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in online learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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