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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better understand these exciting new open education ventures. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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