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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Liechtenstein to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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