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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in digital education technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Morocco to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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