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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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