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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mali to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This sensational new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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