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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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