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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning have enabled learners all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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