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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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