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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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