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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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