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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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