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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Uganda to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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