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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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