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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational ventures. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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