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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mali to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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