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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online learning are empowering humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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