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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Instructors want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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