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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Eritrea to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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