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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ghana to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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