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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning make it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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