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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online learning are empowering students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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