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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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