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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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