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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in blended learning technology have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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