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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Afghanistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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