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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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