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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Uganda to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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