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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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