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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Educators want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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