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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Gabon to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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