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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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