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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. 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. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Central African Republic to conduct these MOOC courses? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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