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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online learning have enabled students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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