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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in online education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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