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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in digital education technology make it possible for people all over the world to take part 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 massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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