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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in e-learning are enabling students all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently 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 issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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