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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education endeavours. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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