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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in elearning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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