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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology have empowered students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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