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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these significant new open education ventures. Educators want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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