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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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