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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education have enabled students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Uganda to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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