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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Djibouti to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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