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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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