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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education are empowering students in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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