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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning are enabling people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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