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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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