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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Seychelles to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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