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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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