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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Chad to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better understand these new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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