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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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