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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning have enabled humans all over the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kenya to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational initiatives. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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