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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better perceive these open education undertakings. Lecturers want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates 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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