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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to understand these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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