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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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