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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to understand these compelling new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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