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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic educational technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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