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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Botswana to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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