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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education are empowering learners all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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