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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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