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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Fiji to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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