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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in blended learning technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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