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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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