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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online education are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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