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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in e-learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. People want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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