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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic educational technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to understand these open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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