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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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