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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. 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 courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Romania to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Trainers want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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