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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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