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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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