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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Fiji to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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