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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in elearning have enabled humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better understand these open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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