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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily 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 variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Tanzania to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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