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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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