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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education enable humans all over the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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