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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bellevue University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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