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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the key 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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