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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. People want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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