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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning technology are empowering students in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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