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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these open education initiatives. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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