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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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