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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these fascinating new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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