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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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