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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education have made it possible for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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