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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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