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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in elearning are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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