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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tanzania to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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