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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic educational technology enable students all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Uganda to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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