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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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