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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these massive open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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