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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning technology enable learners all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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