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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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