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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Students want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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