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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology enable students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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