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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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