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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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