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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in e-learning are enabling students in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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