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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take part 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. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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