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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these fascinating new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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