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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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