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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Tanzania to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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