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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in elearning have enabled people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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