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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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