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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information 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 new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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