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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in digital education technology have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. 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. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mongolia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to understand these new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education