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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to understand these open education initiatives. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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