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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations have to consider now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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