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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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