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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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