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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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