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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies 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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