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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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