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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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