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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to be more aware of these compelling new open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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