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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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