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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning technology enable learners all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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