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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in blended learning have empowered learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Central African Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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