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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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