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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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