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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tanzania to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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