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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in blended learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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