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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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