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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. 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. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Scientists want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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