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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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