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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning are enabling learners all over the world to take courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Central African Republic to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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