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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in online education are providing the means for learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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