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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Djibouti to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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