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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Teachers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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