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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take classes online. 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. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tanzania to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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