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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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