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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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