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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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