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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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