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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Abkhazia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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