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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education technology enable students all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Benin to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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