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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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