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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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