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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Uganda to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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