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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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