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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education endeavours. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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