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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning have made it possible for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these new open education undertakings. Professors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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