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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ethiopia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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