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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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