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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Universities want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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