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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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