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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in digital education technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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