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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sudan to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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