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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better grasp these promising new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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