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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning technology enable learners all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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