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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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