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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in digital education technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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