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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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