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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic education technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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