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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to consider now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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