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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in online education are enabling learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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