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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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