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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered students all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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