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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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