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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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