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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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