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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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