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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in online education have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are considering now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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