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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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