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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology enable learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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