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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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