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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Comoros to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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