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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Uganda to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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