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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Djibouti to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these open education initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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