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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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