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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in digital education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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