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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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