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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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