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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in digital education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sudan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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