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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic educational technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to understand these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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