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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to understand these promising new open education ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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