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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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