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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. 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 but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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