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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Sudan to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better understand these open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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