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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sudan to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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