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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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