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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Uganda to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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