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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to be more aware of these open education initiatives. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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