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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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