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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in blended learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ghana to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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