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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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