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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education