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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in elearning are empowering humans all over the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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