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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kenya to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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