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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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