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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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