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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses 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 MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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