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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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