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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. 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 massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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