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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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