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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Sudan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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