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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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