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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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