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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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