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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online learning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ghana to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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