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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education enable learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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