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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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