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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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