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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these fascinating new open education ventures. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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