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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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