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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in blended learning have enabled students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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