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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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