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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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