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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education enable people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tanzania to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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