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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning are making it possible for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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