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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sudan to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational initiatives. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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