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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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