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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring 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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