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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in e-learning technology make it possible for students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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