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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online education enable people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for details 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 issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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