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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning enable people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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