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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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