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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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