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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tanzania to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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