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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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