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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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