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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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