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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. 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 massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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