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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tanzania to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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