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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning have empowered people all over the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations must deal with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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