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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning have provided the means for humans in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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