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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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