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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic educational technology have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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