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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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