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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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